Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, campaign embed Nnamdi Egwuonwu reports on the tension at Morehouse College over Joe Biden's commencement address next week. Plus, 'Meet the Press' moderator Kristen Welker previews her interview Sunday with Secretary of State Antony Bliken.
Have those bombs, those powerful 2,000-pound bombs, been used to kill civilians in Gaza? Biden: Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers. On the one hand, Biden’s admission is common sense: Israel’s campaign has killed thousands of civilians, and the U.S. is Israel’s largest arms supplier. On the other hand, it’s not every day that an American president admits that U.S.